Senior Legal Entity Controller - Fixed Term Contract - 12 months

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At BNY, our culture empowers you to grow and succeed. As a leading global financial services company at the center of the world's financial system we touch nearly 20% of the world's investible assets. Every day around the globe, our 50,000+ employees bring the power of their perspective to the table to create solutions with our clients that benefit businesses, communities and people everywhere.

We continue to be a leader in the industry, awarded as a top home for innovators and for creating an inclusive workplace. Through our unique ideas and talents, together we help make money work for the world. This is what #LifeAtBNY is all about.

We're seeking a future team member for the role of Senior Legal Entity Controller to join our Pershing EMEA Finance team. This role is located in Liverpool - hybrid.

Reporting into the Head of Operations and Financial Control, this position has accountability for Financial Control across the business, acting as the first line of defence. The latter part of the role will involve the review of the control environment within Finance to ensure the controls in place are acceptable for the risks associated, whilst ad-hoc testing is performed to confirm processes work as planned.

The individual is required to understand the business and related accounting flows of the entity for

which he/she is responsible, maintaining the control environment (including reconciliations) and providing high quality reporting to the stakeholders. Through this understanding he/she will be effective in carrying out their duties. This individual would be responsible for a group of legal entities as well as supervising a team of more junior legal entity controllers.

This role is accountable for ensuring the Regional and Global Shard Services Centres (RSSCs and GSCC) deliver; through effective, efficient Sarbanes-Oxley and regulatory compliant finance/accounting processes in accordance with local and consolidated GAAP; useable, complete, accurate and timely financial information from the point of transaction through to financial close (period, quarter, and annual) for specific legal entities.

This individual will monitor the outcomes of all accounting processes and transform data into information for reporting purposes, to assure all legal entity requirements have been met for regulatory compliance and reporting purposes.

The individual will provide insight and guidance to the SSCs related to events and transactions which have occurred throughout the period specific to their LE and assure all accounting and finance related transactions recorded accurately reflect the business operations for their assigned shared service centres.

The role will also provide leadership and direction to a team of professionals that are based in Liverpool and Chennai (India).

Responsibilities:

1. Produce monthly financial and management accounts accurately and to timetable
2. Provide analysis and insight into financial results, identifying and resolving issues within our revenue and expense lines
3. Ensure that the balance sheet is maintained and reconciled accurately, particularly ensuring any potential impairment is considered proactively.
4. Manage and complete the Financial Year end process with the delivery on approved Financial Statements
5. Work in partnership with our India based service team partners to support the efficiency and accuracy of the Financial Control functions
6. Ensure that Sub-ledger accounts that are maintained across the business are subject to a high degree and control and reconciliation

Skills and attributes:

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent combination of education and work experience required. Degree in Accounting or Finance preferred. MBA or CPA/CA/local area equivalent certification preferred
• Relevant work experience required, with some management experience preferred. Knowledge of GAAP and accounting and finance concepts and analysis techniques preferred.
• Significant experience and commercial awareness in the Financial Services industry
• Good leadership skills with proven record
• Good decision maker, responsible and accountable
• Deadline driven with effective time management and ability to work under pressure
• Able to manage risk in a highly regulated and controlled environment
• Highly motivated, fast learning and proactive with an ability for problem solving

At BNY, our culture speaks for itself. Here's a few of our awards:

• America's Most Innovative Companies, Fortune, 2024
• World's Most Admired Companies, Fortune 2024
• Human Rights Campaign Foundation, Corporate Equality Index, 100% score, 2023-2024
• Best Places to Work for Disability Inclusion, Disability: IN - 100% score, 2023-2024
• "Most Just Companies", Just Capital and CNBC, 2024
• Dow Jones Sustainability Indices, Top performing company for Sustainability, 2024
• Bloomberg's Gender Equality Index (GEI), 2023

Our Benefits and Rewards:

BNY offers highly competitive compensation, benefits, and wellbeing programs rooted in a strong culture of excellence and our pay-for-performance philosophy. We provide access to flexible global resources and tools for your life's journey. Focus on your health, foster your personal resilience, and reach your financial goals as a valued member of our team, along with generous paid leaves, including paid volunteer time, that can support you and your family through moments that matter.

BNY is an Equal Employment Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer - Underrepresented racial and ethnic groups/Females/Individuals with Disabilities/Protected Veterans.

BNY Mellon is an Equal Employment Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. Minorities/Females/Individuals With Disabilities/Protected Veterans.

Our ambition is to build the best global team - one that is representative and inclusive of the diverse talent, clients and communities we work with and serve - and to empower our team to do their best work. We support wellbeing and a balanced life, and offer a range of family-friendly, inclusive employment policies and employee forums.